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Why do those establishment Dems exist? Because people vote for them. You want to jump to progressive Presidency and leadership but don't want to take the preliminary steps. As others said yes you need to vote in lower primaries to replace establishment Dems from the ground up.
More importantly you have to convince the rest of America of your ideals with feet on the ground and conversations with real people. I'm not seeing any of this. Just a load of whining that the government isn't the way you like it but you're going to put in zero work to change it.
You have to not only get out and vote. You have to convince the people who are voting for establishment Dems or Republicans to change their votes. Instead you bitch about them, complain about "liberals" and further the divide with them.
Get off Lemmy. It's not the real world. You're in an echo chamber here and talk to the people out there who don't agree with your ideas and convince them.
This much is true, but leftist ideas have been intentionally made taboo since the Cold War/Red Scare. Average Americans recognize their quality of life decreasing but would rather vote in a strong-man than address capitalism itself. Unfortunately, this country is closer to authoritarianism than it is to prioritizing the well-being of its citizens.
During the election, it was the wrong time to criticize democrats. Now the election has passed and it is still the wrong time to criticize democrats. When are we supposed to remark on our lack of a voice in the two-party system?
I also criticize Republicans on here but that is preaching to the choir. The more that I read about the history of this country and the present-day agenda of furthering the privileges of the wealthy, the harder it is to care about your party's unity.
...And so it isn't happening?
Posting a meme is not activism. But you would be mistaken to assume my political engagement ends there.